Chapter Summaries

Vidal trained the Kung Fu Dugongs before leaving the river, then returned to Erumalu and built Woonan a medium-sized ship using his Devil Fruit ability. The ship was fitted with sails, and Vidal began imagining how to create a fleet of plant-armed battleships.

• Vidal taught the Kung Fu Dugongs Enel's Black Arm Fist Technique and demonstrated the Three-Three System Tactics before departing with one dugong.
• Vidal returned to his estate, let Camille and the other children play with the dugong, and summoned Woonan to the harbor.
• Vidal used his ability to assemble a Forest Ship beside the Oxhead Battleship for Woonan.
• Vidal, Woonan, Rogers, Rabani, Isoka, and other Marines boarded the ship, where they discovered it had no sails.
• Isoka arranged for Marines to bring sails from the battleship, while Vidal imagined building armed battleships and called the idea a one-man Buster Call.

Woonan began his treasure-hunting voyage with a new Devil Fruit power and Vidal’s mission to find a magical carnation. When Redfield’s ship approached Vidal’s warship, Vidal ordered an immediate retreat to the G-2 Branch and called for Borsalino’s support.

• Woonan explored the Oxhead Battleship and considered how his new Devil Fruit ability could help him find the island and its treasure.
• Vidal rested aboard his warship as it sailed from Alabasta toward the Sabaody Archipelago.
• A lookout and Jared recognized the white-haired man approaching by boat as Red Count Redfield and alerted Vidal.
• Rogers identified Redfield as a 1.34-billion-Beli bounty whose strength rivaled a Marine Admiral.
• Vidal ordered the Marines to retreat toward the G-2 Branch and urgently requested Borsalino’s support.

Kong ordered Marine reinforcements to rescue Vidal from Redfield, but Vidal escaped aboard his flying Oxhead Battleship. Redfield concluded that Vidal held the Bat-Bat Fruit and renewed his vow to pursue him.

• Kong learned that Redfield was pursuing Vidal and ordered fleets from the G-2 and G-8 Branches, along with Lieutenant Colonel Borsalino, to support him.
• Vidal sent Rogers, Isoka, and the Kung Fu Dugong inside the ship while he remained outside to face the approaching boat.
• Vidal used Sun's Holy Wheel to propel the Oxhead Battleship into the sky and escape Redfield.
• Vidal explained that he fled because he feared Redfield could uncover his secrets with Observation Haki.
• Redfield suspected Vidal had the Bat-Bat Fruit, the diary, and his surname, and vowed not to let Forest Vidal escape.

Vidal tried to escape Redfield aboard the Oxhead Battleship, but Redfield tracked and caught up with him despite the ship’s speed. With clouds preventing another sunlight-powered launch, Vidal sent his crew toward safety and prepared to face Redfield on a battlefield of his own making.

• The Oxhead Battleship crashed into the sea, but Redfield tracked it with Observation Haki and rapidly closed the distance.
• Vidal launched the ship again with Sun's Halo, only for it to land beneath thick clouds before he could get away.
• Vidal ordered Major Rogers to retreat toward the G-2 Branch while he stayed behind to face Redfield.
• Vidal left the ship, drew Redfield away from it, and used Nine Pillar Domain to create a wooden platform across the sea.
• Vidal activated Nativity of a World of Trees to turn the platform into his home ground.

Vidal expanded his Tree World and confronted Redfield, who had been pursuing him over the Bat-Bat Fruit. Redfield uncovered Vidal’s hidden original body and overwhelmed his defenses, leaving Vidal badly wounded at the end.

• Vidal prepared the expanded Tree World for battle, summoned the Apis Divine Bull, and challenged Redfield while mentioning Admiral Sengoku.
• Redfield asked about the Bat-Bat Fruit and used Observation Haki to find Vidal’s original body hidden in a tree after discovering the apparent Vidal was a clone.
• Redfield struck through the Tree World with a powerful slash, and Vidal realized Redfield was tracking the minds hidden among the trees.
• Vidal sent the Apis Divine Bull, his Wood Clone, branches, and Peashooters to attack Redfield, but Redfield blocked them with Haki Emission and cut through the assault.
• Redfield reached Vidal’s hiding place, and Vidal emerged to meet his umbrella thrust with a Haki-coated punch and green gauntlet.
• Redfield shattered Vidal’s gauntlet and injured his knuckles, then sent him crashing through trees until he fell bleeding to the ground.

Redfield overwhelmed Vidal’s attacks and defenses, forcing him to flee across the sea to the battleship. Redfield pursued him, while Vidal, out of trump cards and with only minutes gained, struggled to find a way to survive.

• Redfield shattered Vidal’s knuckles with his Armament Haki, while Vidal’s Photosynthetic Energy healed his hand.
• The Apis Divine Bull fired a golden beam at Redfield, who split it with his umbrella.
• Vidal struck Redfield with Giant Horn and detonated its energy, but Redfield answered with a scarlet slash that broke through Vidal’s wooden wall and engulfed him.
• Vidal escaped across the sea to the battleship using branches, and Redfield located him with Observation Haki and gave chase.
• Vidal considered his exhausted options and despaired, realizing his escape had bought him only a few minutes.

Vidal tried to escape Redfield by launching the Oxhead Battleship into the sky, but a huge storm forced it back down. He separated from the warship to draw Redfield away, resigned to facing him alone and thinking of the family he hoped Bullet would protect.

• Vidal realized Redfield could counter his abilities and overwhelm him with speed and strength, while a slash without Haki only cut his wooden body superficially.
• Major Rogers and Captain Rabani came out with the others, but Rogers explained that Redfield could cripple or sink their warship with one or two blows.
• Vidal spent more of his Photosynthetic Energy to activate Sun's Holy Wheel and launch the Oxhead Battleship toward the clouds, while Redfield pursued and wondered why Vidal had fought him earlier.
• The warship landed again in a storm, leaving Vidal despairing as he realized he could neither defeat nor escape Redfield.
• Vidal sent the others ahead and leaped onto a wooden plank to hold Redfield off, hoping Bullet would care for his family.

Vidal prepared for a final battle against Redfield after Redfield destroyed his escape route across the sea. Vidal revealed his Ryokugyu's Natural Power armor and charged at Redfield, and the two collided above the Tree World.

• Vidal created a Tree World and sent two Wood Clones deeper into it while preparing for Redfield's arrival.
• Redfield questioned Vidal about the warship's beam, then slashed through the sea and severed Vidal's route back to the warship.
• Vidal decided to make a desperate last stand and transformed into armor he named Ryokugyu's Natural Power.
• Redfield recognized Vidal's Armament Haki Emission and praised his courage before preparing to fight.
• Vidal charged at Redfield, and Redfield met him in midair as their attacks collided.

Vidal tested his Adam Wood body and new defenses against Redfield, briefly breaking one of the swordsman’s slashes before being overwhelmed by his superior technique. He continued charging back into the fight, realizing the gulf between his strength and that of the world’s top fighters.

• Vidal rose from the crater after Redfield’s first strike and realized his Adam Wood armor had absorbed most of the damage.
• Vidal met Redfield’s next Flying Slash with a punch and shattered it after forcing his way forward.
• Redfield struck Vidal from behind, sending him through the jungle, but Vidal healed with Photosynthetic Energy and returned to attack.
• Vidal launched a furious assault, but Redfield effortlessly blocked his attacks with his purple umbrella and countered him.
• Vidal wondered whether the gap between him and the world was enormous, and Redfield agreed that he was too weak.

Redfield exposed Vidal’s clone-transfer escape technique, trapped him inside a narrowed battlefield, and overwhelmed him in combat. As Redfield seized Vidal and began reading his memories, a strange heartbeat made both men react.

• Redfield pierced Vidal’s chest, but Vidal escaped by transferring his real body to a wooden clone.
• Redfield discovered how Vidal transferred himself between clones and severed his connection to the last one.
• Redfield cut through the Nine Pillar Domain to restrict Vidal’s escape routes, then attacked him with his purple umbrella.
• Redfield broke through Vidal’s defenses, wounded him severely, and lifted him by the throat.
• Redfield began reading Vidal’s memories, but Vidal resisted, and a strange heartbeat sounded, changing Redfield’s expression.

Redfield discovered that Vidal possessed Conqueror’s Haki and challenged him over his ambition to become Fleet Admiral, then tried to cripple him when Vidal refused to kneel. Borsalino arrived in time to save Vidal, and Vidal replenished his strength by absorbing Borsalino’s light while Redfield watched from across the Tree World.

• Vidal resisted Redfield’s attempt to search his memories and unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, declaring that he would become Fleet Admiral and reign over the Four Blues.
• Redfield overwhelmed Vidal with his own Conqueror’s Haki and ordered him to kneel, but Vidal held out against the pressure.
• Redfield withdrew his Haki and swung his purple umbrella at Vidal’s legs, but Borsalino intercepted the blow with a sword of light.
• Borsalino escaped Redfield’s attack with Vidal and carried him to the other edge of the Tree World.
• Vidal urged Borsalino to turn into light so he could absorb energy, rapidly restoring his strength, wounds, and armor.

Borsalino joined Vidal in fighting Redfield, but the Red Count proved far stronger than either of them. As they waited for Navy reinforcements, Redfield unleashed his Conqueror's Haki, which Borsalino shrugged off and questioned.

• Redfield attacked Vidal and Borsalino with a huge slash, and Borsalino dodged after Vidal warned him that Redfield was Admiral-level.
• Redfield caught Borsalino by surprise and sent him flying, so Vidal charged in with Giant Horn to keep Redfield occupied.
• Borsalino recovered and attacked Redfield from behind, but Redfield knocked aside his sword and kicked him into the trees.
• Vidal healed Borsalino, and the two decided to hold out until the fleet arrived, though Borsalino said it would take half a day.
• Redfield realized Navy reinforcements could keep coming and unleashed Conqueror's Haki, but Borsalino remained unharmed and asked what it was supposed to do.

Vidal and Borsalino fought Redfield together, but Redfield overwhelmed them and appeared to kill Vidal. Vidal survived by splitting his body into his element and escaping into a tree, leaving Redfield impressed by his ability to stay alive.

• Borsalino joined Vidal in attacking Redfield while Vidal used the Tree World to launch Haki-coated branches.
• Redfield easily countered their coordinated assault, broke Borsalino's light sword, and injured Vidal before pinning him to a tree with his umbrella.
• Borsalino believed Vidal had died after Redfield pierced his breastplate, but Vidal's wooden effigy exploded as his real body escaped through the tree.
• Vidal explained to Borsalino how Observation Haki and his elemental body let him evade Redfield's attack.
• Redfield emerged from the burning woods and called Vidal the strongest person he had seen at running away and staying alive.

Vidal, Borsalino, and Sakazuki joined forces against Redfield, whose strength had left Vidal wary. Their combined attacks let them stand against the Red Count, but Sakazuki’s magma made the battlefield hostile to Vidal’s plants, so Vidal adapted and attacked with hardened wood.

• Redfield dismissed his concern about Vidal, but Vidal and Borsalino welcomed Sakazuki when he arrived and confirmed that he had dealt with the Shepherd Pirates’ forces at sea.
• Vidal warned Sakazuki and Borsalino that Redfield was Admiral-level, and Redfield questioned them about the titles Kizaru, Akainu, and Fujitora.
• Vidal explained that he had given Borsalino and Sakazuki their titles, then charged Redfield as the three Marines activated their powers.
• Sakazuki revealed his Magma-Magma Fruit ability, and the three launched a fierce coordinated assault against Redfield inside the Tree World.
• Sakazuki’s magma burned Vidal’s trees and spread heat across the battlefield, forcing the three fighters apart and limiting Vidal’s ability to grow plants.
• Vidal shaped hardened Adam Wood into spikes, spun toward Redfield, and attacked with his Wood-Leaf Dragon God technique.

Redfield overwhelmed Sakazuki, Vidal, and Borsalino, but Borsalino refused to abandon his friends. Sakazuki and Vidal rejoined the fight, and Redfield struck both of them down again as he turned on Borsalino.

• Redfield unleashed his Conqueror’s Haki and swiftly countered the attacks from Sakazuki, Vidal, and Borsalino, leaving Sakazuki and Vidal badly injured.
• Borsalino stood between Redfield and the recovering Vidal, and explained that he stayed because they were friends.
• Redfield rejected Borsalino’s idea of friendship and vowed to kill him, Vidal, and Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki charged Redfield with Dog Biting Crimson Lotus, while Borsalino and Vidal joined him in a final combined attack.
• Redfield blocked Borsalino’s strike, shattered Sakazuki’s magma attack and sent him flying, then slashed Vidal out of the air and left him covered in wounds.

Redfield nearly killed Vidal after badly injuring him, Sakazuki, and Borsalino, but Fleet Admiral Kong arrived and confronted him. As Kong prepared to fight the surrounded Redfield, he threw the barely conscious Vidal to safety, where Vice Admiral Dewitt caught him.

• Redfield used his sword and Observation Haki to strike Borsalino in his light form, leaving Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino gravely wounded.
• A second overwhelming Haki presence appeared, and Redfield tried to kill Vidal before Kong arrived and blocked the attack with an uprooted tree.
• Kong questioned Redfield, who claimed he was pursuing Vidal because the battle had destroyed his hometown, Sleep Ancient Town.
• Kong revealed that ten warships from G-2 and G-8 had surrounded Redfield and explained Vidal's ties to the Marines before challenging him.
• Kong hurled Vidal behind him, and Vice Admiral Dewitt caught him on the warship and called for a doctor.
• Vidal regained a little consciousness and hoarsely asked for green beans and water.

Vidal recovered from his injuries with Green Beans and visited Borsalino and Sakazuki, who were also hurt after facing Redfield. As he healed Borsalino, Vidal reconsidered how he viewed his friends and partners, and Sakazuki woke up asking for his turn to be healed.

• Vice Admiral Dewitt fed Vidal five Green Beans, and Vidal regained consciousness despite his many wounds.
• Vidal learned that Borsalino and Sakazuki had been taken to the G-2 fleet, ate three more Green Beans, and flew to find them.
• Vidal found Borsalino and Sakazuki in a warship cabin, both badly injured, and began healing Borsalino by absorbing his light energy.
• Vidal thanked Borsalino for standing by him and reflected that he had treated his friends more like future subordinates than genuine partners.
• Sakazuki woke up and weakly told Vidal that it was his turn to be healed.

After teasing the injured Sakazuki, Vidal and Borsalino watched Kong the Steel Bone battle Redfield above the ruined Nine Pillar Domain. Borsalino wondered what would happen if the Fleet Admiral lost.

• Vidal and Borsalino joked about dressing Sakazuki in a vine wig and taking his picture while he lay injured.
• Vice Admiral Amyz heard the commotion in the medical room and decided to keep watching the Fleet Admiral's battle.
• Kong the Steel Bone, transformed into a giant gorilla, clashed with Redfield over the sea as their fight shattered the Nine Pillar Domain and stirred a massive tsunami.
• Redfield declared he would defeat the Fleet Admiral and make the sea bow to him, even threatening to kill Vidal.
• Vidal, Sakazuki, and Borsalino watched from a G-2 Branch warship, where Borsalino asked what would happen if the Fleet Admiral lost.

Vidal and the Marines waited as Kong and Redfield fought for twelve days, until Vidal sensed Kong weakening and rushed to help. Kong had lost his strength, and Redfield prepared to finish him and threatened to kill the young man who wanted to become Fleet Admiral.

• Vidal urged Borsalino and Sakazuki to recover by eating while they waited for Kong and Redfield's battle to end.
• The Marines watched the prolonged fight for days as Vidal, Borsalino, and Sakazuki regained their strength.
• After twelve days, Vidal sensed Kong's aura dropping rapidly and flew toward the battlefield while Vice Admiral Amyz ordered the Marines to prepare for battle.
• Kong admitted he had no strength left to continue, and Redfield approached him, claiming victory and threatening the young man who dreamed of becoming Fleet Admiral.

Vidal saved Kong from Redfield and treated his wounds before confronting Red the Aloof in the Nine Pillar Domain. After revealing his control of Conqueror's Haki and matching Redfield's slash, Vidal saw Redfield try to leave, but a golden flash intercepted him.

• Vidal rescued Kong from Redfield's attack, healed his wounds, and sent him back to the warship with Wood Clones.
• Vidal created the Nine Pillar Domain and faced Red the Aloof, intent on killing him.
• Vidal released his Conqueror's Haki, surprising Kong and the Marines with how quickly he had learned to control it.
• Vidal charged Redfield with Giant Horn, and the golden bull met Redfield's scarlet slash in a stalemate.
• Redfield turned into a purplish-red streak and tried to leave, but a golden flash blocked his escape.